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FENG SHUI COLORS
Utilizing Yin & Yang for Healing & Stimulation
The use of color is an important element in feng shui. Feng shui colors refers to making specific color choices in your home, office, or living space to generate a specific kind of energy or focus in your mind and your life in that specific space. Within the concept of feng shui, colors are associated with specific meanings, attributes, and emotions.
When you remodel or decorate your home, you want to use colors that will elicit the kind of mood and feeling you desire in that space.  For instance, the colors you use in your bedroom should likely be very different than the colors used in your office. That's because your bedroom should be a place of calm, serenity, tranquility, rest, and relaxation. On the contrary, your office should stimulate your mind, attract prosperity and success, energize you, and project confidence.
Employing the use of a feng shui color chart can be very helpful as you plan out your home and/or office spaces. Feng shui colors are typically divided into two hemispheres on the feng shui color chart-but it's not just a simple division between warm and cool colors like you might see on a traditional color chart. The two groups of color in feng shui are referred to as the yin and the yang.
Yin refers to colors that promote relaxation and healing.  They are calming colors that elicit a tranquil environment. These colors would be very appropriate for decorating a bedroom, a spa, a doctor's office, or a massage therapy salon. Not coincidentally, the color blue-which is associated with water and sky-is a very yin color. Likewise, green-which brings to mind plants and growth-is a yin color.
Yang, on the other hand, refers to colors that stimulate and motivate. They energize and spur us on. These colors are very appropriate for spaces that require a high energy level, drive, and ambition. However, it should be noted that, as with all things in feng shui, these colors should be used in moderation to avoid over stimulation or feelings of hyperactivity or discontent. Yang colors-again not coincidentally-include red, orange, and yellows-the colors found in fire.
The best way to utilize feng shui colors in your decorating is to consider the primary and secondary purpose of the space. If a space provides a dual purpose, you may want to include larger or smaller amounts of a particular color to achieve the effect you desire. Remember that a large part of feng shui and utilizing feng shui colors in your decorating is about achieving balance and harmony. Knowing the meanings of particular colors according to feng shui rules can help you do this.
For instance, here are some feng shui colors and their corresponding meaning or symbolism:
• Blue - healing, love, faith, honor, truth, peace, tranquility, adventure, trustworthiness
• Black - money, success, power, strength, emotional protection, new beginnings, the end of conflict
• Purple - spiritual awareness and mental and physical healing, truth, passion, creativity
• White - purity, confidence, poise
• Brown - reliability, faithfulness
• Navy blue - wisdom and intellect
• Yellow - friendliness, openness, warmth, honor, prestige, but also stubbornness
• Orange - creativity, organization, lofty aspirations
• Gold - good luck
• Gray - disharmony, lack of balance (avoid this color)
• Green - growth, wealth, and money, but also dishonesty, infidelity, and envy
• Red - good luck, high energy, emotion, temper
As you can see, most colors have both positive and negative attributes. This is the primary reason for balance and harmony. Excessive use of any one color can create discord in your living space.
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